Over the last few months, our church has gone through a transition of unifying our worship. The goal has been to create more unity within our church body by worshipping with the same music during both Sunday services! It has been beautiful to witness our church come together and find its own unique expression of musical worship.
When Eric first asked me to help record “We Praise Your Name,” I had no idea how much work had and would go into creating this song. Eric originally sent me a rough draft of the song to practice with before we went to the recording studio. Once we got there, we ran through the song 10+ times to make sure we got the right sound, harmony, and fit. After that, I got to see Eric and the recording studio owner interact and mix the song in lots of different ways. It was so cool to see how many decisions went into making the choice on which to use. There were even some lyric changes that were made by Eric to better fit what the song was supposed to portray.
Late last summer, Eric Wall asked my husband, Dave, and me if we would be part of playing on a recording of “We Praise Your Name,” a brand new song he had written for this year’s Easter season. Dave was all in, but I was hesitant as I was still healing from a shattered wrist and had not played my flute in eight months. I had never played on any kind of professional studio recording, so instant doubts flooded my mind.
